Parrot: No I do NOT want a free home bible study
LOL I can't top that one!!
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..i was a bit younger then, btw.. englishman.
Parrot: No I do NOT want a free home bible study
LOL I can't top that one!!
its my birthday and i got some anais anais body mist, a buffy "watchers guide" book, and some angel innocence perfume and shower mousse.. my bf says he will buy me an outfit when i'm better, too,.
russell grant says this about people born on 14 september:.
at their best, people born on september 14 are tremendous party-givers and general planners of fun and great holidays.
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Happy Birthday,
Sirona!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mrs Presley.. is that you??
last week we enjoyed a thread where many discussed the pros and cons of dubdom and comments have been made that exjws can be overtaken with negativity, and that this board displays far too much malice towards the r&f.
a view is held that the r&f are really nice people and they are innocent of sins committed by the borg.
the argument goes that individuals, whether on the gb or publishers in a local congregation, are all victims of some organisational spirit.
I was at a gas station the other day, paid for my stuff, turned around to leave and there stood
one of the good ole elders of my old cong. Coffee in one hand.. trying to slip can of chew into
pocket, confidentialy.. with the other.... Was working fine, untill the inevitable happened.. He struck a conver
sation.. So natuarally, I lost the coffee, and the can of chew went sailing across the floor, towards
downtown. I started thinking.. What the hell am I doing, hiding this crap.. I don't answer to these freaks any-
more! It was just a natural reflex, I guess from years of being paranoid about being caught by our loving
brothers, sisters and elders, for living life our own way!!
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we bought a van 1 year ago this month.
it is a 1995 chevy conversion van, loaded, high top, tv, vcr and game station.
it is really beautiful.
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You bought the Van new.. one year ago... and it is a 1995 model??? this does not add up!
you've been Hosed!!!
i'm sure i'm not the first to post this, but it's my first time seeing it.
i thought the acting was classic!
you just gotta see this, i never thought i'd see a public service announcement from the watchtower society.
I bet that this commercial, will win Super Bowls "Americas favorite commercial" award!!!!!!!! xx(
one of my biggest pet peeves of being a witness was when the overseer would come visit, and everyone was sooo nice, sweet to everyone, no clicks, they'd arrive early, stay after & talk, everyone would raise their hands, give "heartfelt" answers, looked nice, sang loud, just the model congregation.
yet, when the overseer wasnt there, people would come late, leave early, not be nice to everyone, blah blah.
i guess to me- if they knew what they "should" be doing, why not do it all the time?
When the CO was over there were no wacks in the head for minor infractions.
LMAO.. I had a few of those, my own damn self in the good ole dub days!!
when i was a jw - many moons ago, i hung around the 'sound department' at assemblies.. they finally put me to work - and let me do things like string wire for speakers, install speakers, etc.. i eventually learned how to adjust the amplifiers for proper volume, too.. good experience and training, that i don't use to this day.. anyway - i also was allowed to adjust the microphones for the 'speaker' who would be giving the next talk.. this usually involved following the feller out to the podium, and raising, or lowering the microphone to the proper height fer picking up the words from the fellers' mouth.. some required very little adjustment, whilst others required major raising - or lowering.. this one time, i recall going out there, and they had used a new microphone stand - one that had a ring, or collar arrangement that you just squeezed, or rotated and lifted, to move the microphone up or down, as opposed to the older type that required one to unscrew a locking collar, and then raise or lower the microphone.. i had not tested this previously - and only seen others work it, but it looked easy enough.. so, i follow this 'big-wig' out there, stand there, grab the upper section of the microphone stand with one hand, and then with the other i am attempting to <grunt> <grunt> get it... to ... release.. it wouldn't budge!!!
i was there, for what seemed like an eternity, trying to work this thing, then finally reached up and adjusted the horizontal arm - in a vain attempt to adjust the mic (it also refused to cooperate, and i think i only adjusted the microphone a total of 1/8").. the 'big-wig' speaker musta noticed my total and complete embarrassment (i usually turned beet-red in the face), and nodded that it was adjusted properly - so he could git on with his part.. i skeedadled off that stage - and made a mental note to figure out how to adjust that new type of microphone stand - later..
sheesh!!!
When our Hall switched from the corded microphones, to those wireless ones, on a stick.. They must have installed the wrong type of antennae, or did'nt hook it up correctly.. But if the mic was in use for someone answering, it would pick up cell phone, CB, and the city's two way radio conversations.. There was nothing that made me laugh more, than when Sister goody 2 shoes, was giving an obviously 3 day prepared, know it all answer to the watchtower study.. and to have a foul mouthed trucker drive by, talking on his CB!!!!!!!!
i am born in the truth.now i am 40 years old and have thrown all my wt literature in the trash can.i am ashamed that i have been in the watchtower orginazation and in my prayer to jehovah i have said that i only belong to him.
My library made a helluva weinie roast!!! Of course I was skeptical at first, you know we was told that demon possessed items, do not burn.. That was another lie!! However it did make the marshmallows taste like Bull Sh**!!!!!
we who were 'raised in it' and had no choice about becoming part of this goofy religion, let's discuss our experiences collectively.. personally, i always feel that it was like having parents who were nazi's or members of the kkk.
almost no one can possibly understand what you've been through.
it was so radical.. and so harmful.
As a child, one of the most devastating occurences, was when my parents deliberately instilled in my head, when I was 4 years old.. that there was no Santa, Easter bunny, tooth fairy, etc. This probably sounds petty, to most adults.. but as a child, it was crushing.. It ruins a childhood!! I can remember exactly where we were on the hwy. when they started this subject.. I have never forgotten, and that has been 23 years ago.. A parent (non-cult) generally insists on their children beleiving in this tradition for as long as they can get them to beleive in it. Alot of parents, even cry and get upset, when their 11 or 12 year old child, starts having doubts about the actuality of Santa. It's a child hood dream, that people should cherish, as long as these children can beleive!!!!! And my parents extinguished my dream, intentionally like a cigarette butt.